Overshoe



H. EGLEY.

OVERSHOE Patented Mar. 3, 1891.

(No Model.)

NiTnn STATES PATENT ritten,

HENRY EGLEY, OF TOLEDO, OI'IIO.

OVERSHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 447,564, dated March 3, 1891.

Application filed November 28, 1890. Serial No. 372,878. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY EGLEY, of Toledo, county of Lucas, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Overshoes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and tothe letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in overshoes, and has for its object to provide an attachment for rubber overshoes of any character that shall effectually prevent the same from movingl upon the shoe or dropping therefrom.

Theinvention consists in providing an overshoe with projections upon the inner surface of the heel portion of a length and character to compress and frictionally contact with the shoe.

The invention further consists in forming projections upon the inner surface of the overshoe of a character to compensate for shoes of varying sizes.

As is well known, the great objection to the presentform of overchoe is the liability to pull from the shoe, especially when the wearer is compelled to walk in earth that has been rendered plastic by moisture. Another objection is the disagreeable sensation incident to a constant slipping of the rubber upon the shoe at the heel or counter thereof. It has been found to be impossible to obviate these objections, owing to the different shapes and styles of shoes Worn. In fact, several attempts have been made to overcome the tendency of the overshoe to slipping, by means of fastenings secured across the instep of the foot; but this arrangement has the great objection of not only feeling uncomfortable to the wearer, but necessitating fastening and unfastening when the overshoe is put on or taken off.

It has also been proposed to form the interior of the overshoe with corrugations; but

this construction is only operative When the overshoe t-s so tightly as to have been effective Without the corrugatons, the additional stock required in forming the corrugations adding greatly to the Weight of the overshoe. I have overcome these objections by forming one or more projections upon the inside of the overshoe, of a length and character to not only contact with the shoe, but to be compressed thereby, by which means a constant frictional engagement with the shoe is insured, and any variation in sizes is compen sated for.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of an overshoe provided with my improved form of retaining devices, a portion of the shoe being broken away to disclose the same in normal position. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view of the shoe, showing the retaining devices partially compressed, this view being intended to illustrate the variation in compression to compensate for shoes of varying sizes. Fig. 3 is an elevation of a strip of resilient material, formed with proj ections by bending the strip upon itself, this strip being designed to be made asan article of manufacture and secured to the shoe when the projections are not formed integral therewith.

1 designates the overshoe; 2, the projection or retaining device, preferably formed integral therewith and in the form of a loop, as this construction allows the projection to compress, as shown in Fig. 2, to any desired degree to compensate for the difference between the size of the shoe and overshoe. This feature is of great value when it is desired to change from a light to a heavy shoe, or vice versa.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a strip 3, bent upon itself to form the projection 2, this construction being adapted to be secured into the over-shoe by cement or any adhesive sub-' stance.

I wish it understood that I may vary the number of projections to suit different characters of shoes, and that I may form the projections of any character so that they project normally horizontally from the interior of the In testimony that I claim the foregoing als 1o heel of the shoe L snfiieient distance to be 11157 own I hereby arilix my signature in prescornpressed by, and to impinge npon, the shoe. en ce of two witnesses.

That I claim is- 5 In an overshoe, the Combination, with the HENRY EGLEY.

heel portion, of L series of open elastic loops extending normally at right angles to the lVtueSSes: said heel portion and adapted to engage frie- XVILLIAM NVEBSTEl-,

tionally with the hoot proper of the wearer. GERTRUDE GIFFORD. 

